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Category: Agritech & Rural Tech
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The IoT Chip vs. the Ear Tag: Identifying Kyrgyz Livestock
[NEEDS PHOTO] a Kyrgyz cow with a plastic ear tag, in a Chui or Issyk-Kul pasture — to anchor what the current identification system…
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What Estonia’s Agritech Startup Layer Looks Like — Read From Bishkek
[NEEDS PHOTO] a Tallinn coworking / Garage48 / Lift99 scene, OR a Bishkek Ololo coworking scene — to anchor the comparison physically The DigiKonush…
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Ten Years of Agro-Startup Competitions in Kyrgyzstan: What Recurred, What Didn’t Stick
The Kyrgyz agritech startup competition has become a recurring genre. Between 2015 and 2022 there were at least seven that mattered enough to leave…
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Mal Bazar on Telegram: How Kyrgyz Livestock Trading Moved Off Sundays
[NEEDS PHOTO] a Kyrgyz Sunday mal bazar (livestock market) in Tokmok, Karakol or Uzgen — animals in pens, sellers waiting — to anchor the…
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Agritech in Kyrgyzstan: A 2022 Landscape Sketch
Agriculture in Kyrgyzstan in 2022 looks, from any field-level perspective, the way it has looked for thirty years: traditional practices for cropping and livestock,…